UPSC Prelims 2024 · GS Paper 1 · Q32

Polity

Medium · Government of India Act, 1935

Consider the following statements about the Government of India Act, 1935:

1. Under the Act, the federal legislature had full legislative control over Defence and Foreign Affairs.

2. The Act provided for a federation of British India's provinces and the princely states, though this federal part never actually came into operation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?